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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Stakeholder Resource

The Annie E. Casey Foundation hosted this webinar in October 2016; the webinar recording is available online. The webinar is part of a series discussing lessons learned from the Foundation’s Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) initiative,…

Stakeholder Resource

This blog post from the ACF Family Room Blog highlights the work of the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) on improving rural communities. OFA developed the Rural Communities Initiative, which provided information on various rural issues. In addition…

Toolkit

The Office of Family Assistance developed this guide to help state TANF agencies recognize the important role they have in identifying and serving families experiencing homelessness and families at risk of homelessness. It is intended to help…

Conference Paper

This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) includes the opening remarks and first plenary session on the second day of the conference. Plenary panelists included academics, researchers, and policymakers…

Stakeholder Resource

Fact Forward, previously South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (SCCAPP), is an entity using TANF funds for teen pregnancy prevention programming. Fact Forward became a national model as one of the first states in the country to utilize…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Connecticut Department of Social Services would like to know if any TANF lead agencies use “housing search” as an approved work activity for homeless or transitional housing TANF participants.

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the South Dakota Department of Social Services would like to know of any best practices that States are using to reduce the unplanned pregnancy rate among TANF customers.

Webinar / Webcast

The Office of Family Assistance hosted a Webinar titled When TANF Intersects with Pregnant Teen and Young Parent Services on May 11th, 2016 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. Pregnant teens and young parents have been a…

Webinar / Webcast

In the webinar, Ascend shared examples of 2Gen work currently being implemented across the country and highlighted opportunities ahead. The webinar occurred June 29, 2016 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT.

Report

This synthesis report summarizes the work of several federal grantees charged with identifying and implementing models of effective collaboration between child welfare and TANF agencies. The demonstration project, which included five grantees,…